Murasaki Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu (c. 970s-1014?) "As far as I can see, halfhearted refuge in religion is more likely to get you lost in an evil rebirth...

The Tale Of Saint-King Olaf’s Miraculous, Flameproof Hair

Olaf Haraldsson, also known as Saint Olaf, was a former Viking and mercenary who returned home to seize the throne of Norway around 1015....

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755/1757-1804) "Among the most formidable of the obstacles which the new Constitution will have to encounter may readily be distinguished the obvious...

The Story Of The Poetic Protest Graffiti Left On Hernan Cortes’ Walls

Dividing wealth among treasure-hunters is often a tense task, prone to arguments and suspicion, but relationships in such situations can become especially strained when...

Livy

  Livy (c. 59 BCE-17 CE) "Political decisions, however, always have been, and always will be, influenced for ill by party spirit and concern for property." ...

Sima Qian

  Sima Qian (c. 145-90 BCE) "The real looks of a man lie in is reputation, for that will never die!" Records of the Grand Historian (Shi...

Geoffrey of Monmouth

Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 12th century) "If I had adorned my page with high-flown rhetorical figures, I should have bored my readers, for they would...

Photogravure Of The Last Day Of Herculaneum, Based On A Painting By Louis-Hector Leroux (c. 1829-1900)

This print, produced in the medium of a line photogravure from a steel engraving, re-creates a painting (albeit in a flipped fashion) called The...
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